Current MA and PhD Students
The following are select sociology graduate students.
![20230728_142419 Jason Mark Alexander, Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, UH Mānoa](https://sociology.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230728_142419-scaled.jpg)
Jason Mark Alexander
Email: jasonma@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Decolonial Social Movements, Japan-Myanmar Relations, Demilitarization, Environmental Justice, Transindigenous Futures
Advisor: Aya Kimura
![Omar-Bird Omar Bird, Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, UH Mānoa](https://sociology.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Omar-Bird.jpg)
Omar Bird
Email: birdo@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Social Determinants of Health, Stress and Mental Health, Racism and Institutions, Intersectional Life Course Analysis, Research Methods
Advisor: Krysia Mossakowski
![Penny-Bee-Kapilialoha-Bovard Penny-Bee Kapilialoha Bovard, Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, UH Mānoa](https://sociology.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Penny-Bee-Kapilialoha-Bovard.jpg)
Penny-Bee Kapilialoha Bovard
Email: pennybee@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Feminist and Oceanic Pedagogies and Methodologies. Sociology of Gender and Sport. Feminist Criminology
Advisor: Katherine Irwin
![Austin-Keaupuni-Davis Austin (Keaupuni) Davis, Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, UH Mānoa](https://sociology.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Austin-Keaupuni-Davis.jpg)
Austin (Keaupuni) Davis
Email: davisaus@hawaii.edu
Program: MA
Research Interests: Hawaiian Sociology, Indigenous Paradigm, Argo-food Systems, Sts Studies, Asia-pacific Relations, Mixed Methods
Advisor: Aya Kimura
![Rachel-Engel Rachel Engel, Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, UH Mānoa](https://sociology.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Rachel-Engel.jpg)
Rachel Engel
Email: rengel@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Racism, Colorism, Globalization, Southeast Asia
Advisor: Nandita Sharma
![Christielove-Espinosa Christielove Espinosa, Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, UH Mānoa](https://sociology.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Christielove-Espinosa.jpg)
Christielove Espinosa
Email: ckee@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Indigenous Sociology, Intersectionality, Sociology of Education, Class Conflict and Inequalities
Advisor: Jennifer Darrah
![Jaeho-Kook Jaeho Kook, Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, UH Mānoa](https://sociology.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Jaeho-Kook.jpg)
Jaeho Kook
Email: jkook@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Globalization, Capitalism, Institutionalization
Advisor: Manfred Steger
![Keith-Scott Keith Scott](https://sociology.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Keith-Scott.jpg)
Keith Scott
Email: keithgs@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Multiculturalism, Race and Racism, Ethnic Nationalism, Neoliberalism and Inequality, Social Movements, Korea and East Asia
Advisor: Patricia Steinhoff
![Aya=Shirayama Aya Shirayama, Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, UH Mānoa](https://sociology.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AyaShirayama.jpg)
Aya Shirayama
Email: ayashira@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Ethnicity, Identity, Diaspora, Food, Indigenous Sociology, Okinawans, Asia-Pacific, Qualitative Research
Advisor: Aya Kimura
![Yusuke-Tsukada Yusuke-Tsukada, Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, UH Mānoa](https://sociology.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Yusuke-Tsukada.jpg)
Yusuke Tsukada
Email: yusukets@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Sociology of Education, Sociology of Work, Sociology of Mental Health, Sociology of Teaching, Japan, Quantitative Methods
Advisor: Krysia Mossakowski
![Margaret-Walkover Margaret (Margie) Walkover, Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, UH Mānoa](https://sociology.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Margaret-Walkover.jpg)
Margaret (Margie) Walkover
Email: walkover@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Sociology of Knowledge, Public Sociology, Complexity, Globalization, Climate Change, Population Health, Mental Health/Substance Use, Community Resilience
Advisor: Manfred Steger
![Mark-Willingham-jr Mark Willingham, Jr, Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, UH Mānoa](https://sociology.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Mark-Willingham-jr.jpg)
Mark Willingham, Jr
Email: mlw237@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Medical Sociology, Social Psychology, Community-Based Participatory Research, Public Health, Criminology
Advisor: Wei Zhang
![Lynne-Wolforth Lynne Wolforth, Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, UH Mānoa](https://sociology.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Lynne-Wolforth.jpg)
Lynne Wolforth
Email: wolforth@hawaii.edu
Program: MA
Research Interests: Medical Sociology, Sociology of Health, Maternal & Infant Health, Quantitative Methods
Advisor: Krysia Mossakowski